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Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, and what the Minister for Health said earlier. I congratulate Senator Feargal Quinn on bringing the Bill before us. In the area of health we need these very low-cost, cost-effective measures. Other Senators said many of the things I wanted to say on defibrillators, fire extinguishes and the Heimlich manoeuvre. People died at dinners...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State. If I have noted the numbers correctly, I count at 189 the number of incidents in 12 months, meaning there is one every other day. I was not aware the Garda Síochána and the PSNI are confronting that level of terrorism. Like Senator Byrne, I totally support the motion. I commend the political progress that has been made in this country. On one of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I draw attention to proposals from the European Parliament for legislation relating to infant formula, which would forbid pictures of smiling infants or anything else that would idealise the use of infant formula. To deal with the trivial aspect first, at least children in Europe are allowed to smile. Between 25% and 30% of them will be unemployed if the European Union continues with its...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State responsible for multi-tasking, as he seems to come here with many portfolios. He is always welcome. When we first met, the Minister of State was visiting Trinity College and we had some great discussions. When Trinity got some public assistance in the early 1950s, it was interesting that a condition was that the public assistance could not be used to...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I second Senator Crown's motion on the suspension of Standing Orders. The Minister for Finance should come to this House to tell us the terms of reference for the inquiry. Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet should also come here. We need to know what the accountants and auditors were up to during all of this and why the traditional reticence of civil servants in Ireland in regard to spending and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State to the House as always. The new section 53C(4)(b), inserted by section 12, states that "the Minister shall ensure that the amount prescribed does not exceed the amount which is 25 per cent of the average daily cost of providing acute in-patient services to a patient." Presumably that is where the €80 charge came from and the cost of €320....

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: The only good part of this is that a person feeling sick should go to Swinford District Hospital. It charges €260 for a private room, €222 for a shared room and €193 for day charges. I do not know where the other charges came from. The €80 to be charged for a public bed is a quarter of the cost. Amazingly section 13(1) provides that a person who waives his or...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State. I presume this is the same Mr. Pat McLoughlin who carried out a thorough report on local government. If he is assisting the Minister of State, Deputy White, and the Minister, Deputy Reilly, it is to be commended and is a positive development. Economists had hoped that competing health insurance companies would drive down the cost in the model with which the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Votáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Shame.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I feel a great sense of sadness and shame, as the Taoiseach will attend this House to abolish it. In the two years that it has sat, it has made a splendid contribution to the country. As Senator Quinn pointed out, we have introduced Bills and amended legislation and our attendance has been better than the Taoiseach's. In any educational institution, a student who turned up for only two...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I praise the Senators who proposed the motion. This is a major problem. It is estimated there are 14,000 lobbyists in Britain, 17,000 in the United States and 10,000 in Brussels. What are they doing? They are earning large amounts through their role in influencing legislation and, as Senator Byrne pointed out, that is our task. We should not allow that influence and I agree with Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Leader for his splendid contribution on the role of the Seanad during yesterday's debate on the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill. On the points made by Senators Conway and Hayden, the House will be taking Committee Stage of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2013 this afternoon. In that context, I note that some...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (27 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister very much for his thoughts. We know from tapes we have heard this week that the highest standards of accountability in accountancy are essential, and in a major sector like the health service they are even more so. I thank the Minister for considering the amendment proposed when the Bill was going through the House and including it here.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Sean Barrett: And the Taoiseach.